Captive

• How a Quebec woman survived 450 days as a prisoner in the Sahara Desert

  Edith Blais was abducted by extremists in Burkina Faso back in 2019. Now, she's reflecting on the experience of being held captive for 450 days and has released a book.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2021
  
• Man freed after allegedly being held captive 20 years by family

  A 36-year-old Brazilian man was accidentally found by police inside of a "unhygienic" room after going missing for 20 years. His father has now been charged.

  World

  Oct 25, 2016
  
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• ISIS prisoner kept as sex slave describes her dangerous struggle for freedom

  After each escape attempt failed, her Islamic State group captors beat her and abused her even more. On the fifth attempt, in March, the young Yazidi woman who was kept as a sex slave by IS militants in Iraq and Syria thought she had finally made it to freedom.

  Crime

  May 18, 2016
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• Rally demands release of FBI agent who disappeared in Iran 9 years ago

  If Robert Levinson remains alive, he has been held captive longer than any American.

  World

  Mar 5, 2016